RE: mastodon.social/@HolosSocial/1…
We built Holos Discover, a 100% ActivityPub search engine, to solve a problem: Holos servers start with empty search indexes.
Being fully ActivityPub-native means every deletion, edit or block is processed instantly. Only public posts from consenting users are indexed. We respect every signal available.
This raised concerns, and that's fair. It may have highlighted misunderstood default settings. We're ready to shut it down if the community feels it's not welcome.
discover.holos.social/how-it-w…
Holos Social (@HolosSocial@mastodon.social)
Some of you noticed that @HolosDiscover@discover.holos.social is following you. It's a Fediverse search engine we built to solve a problem: when you start your own server with #Holos, your index is empty.Holos Social (Mastodon)
DNKrupinski 🧡🏴☠️
in reply to Fedilab Apps • • •I have sent 'unfollow' command to @HolosDiscover yesterday and today but i'm still in the list of search results if i search for "Hannover"
I've read discover.holos.social/how-it-w… and don't understand the result.
[1] 09.02.2026 um 22:10 Uhr
hannover.town/@dnkrupinski/116…
[2] 10.02.2026 um 20:47 Uhr
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DNKrupinski 🧡🏴☠️ (@dnkrupinski@hannover.town)
DNKrupinski 🧡🏴☠️ (Hannover.Town)Fedilab Apps
in reply to DNKrupinski 🧡🏴☠️ • • •@dnkrupinski
Sorry about that, we'll investigate this quickly. The expected behavior of the "unfollow" command is immediate deletion of all indexed content, with no possibility of re-indexing anything, even if someone we follow boosts one of your posts.
In the meantime, blocking @HolosDiscover will guarantee instant and complete removal.
DNKrupinski 🧡🏴☠️
in reply to Fedilab Apps • • •@HolosDiscover
If i block [HolosDiscover] your account is also blocked because in your answers your mention the blocked account.
Fluffy
in reply to Fedilab Apps • • •Grant_H
in reply to Fluffy • • •Fedilab Apps
in reply to Grant_H • • •Exactly, The big guys don't care about consent and keep deleted content cached for days or weeks. We don't index behind anyone's back, we check multiple criteria before following anyone, and every deletion, edit or block is processed instantly. 100% ActivityPub, playing by the Fediverse rules.
@HurricaneWeasel
FinchHaven sfba
in reply to Fedilab Apps • • •[here we go again]
"Only public posts from consenting users are indexed. We respect every signal available."
But there is the entire problem in a nutshell:
What about people who have never heard of Holos Discovery and who never will unless they receive a Follow request?
Allegedly only consenting users are indexed
I have #NoIndex #Nobot set on my profile and I have to approve Follows
But during the convo I had earlier that person said:
"Your content has been removed from our index and you won't be contacted again."
To which I replied:
"So you've --> already <-- "scraped my content" without my knowledge or permission..."
I then asked about second-party scraping -- someone I Follow and interact with has been "Discovered" and Indexed -- and thus my content has been indexed too, without my knowledge or consent
At that, they never returned to answer
The core point is, historically a lot of people have not wanted to found, scraped, and indexed for unknown third-party use
Here we go again...
Bob K Mertz
in reply to Fedilab Apps • • •